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Obituary- Davis, Cora

Cora Mae Davis

Mrs. Cora Mae Davis, 87, Topeka, died Thursday, Feb.26, 2004, in a local care center.

She was born in Rossville on Oct. 4, 1916, the daughter of Ernest and Anna Meyer Reser.

Cora Mae graduated from Rossville High School in 1935.

She married Elmer D. Davis on Feb. 8, 1937, in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys. Cora Mae enjoyed a full life. Her hobbies were ballroom dancing, square dancing, sewing, bridge, cooking and baking. She was a member of Holy Name Catholic Church.

Cora Mae will lie in state from noon until 9 p.m. Sunday at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel. The casket will remain closed. A funeral Mass will be said at 11 a.m. Monday in Holy Name Catholic Church. Interment will follow in Penwell-Gabel Memorial Park Cemetery.

Cora Mae was preceded in death by her husband, who died July 31, 1991, and her sister, Shirley Ann Campbell.

Mrs. Davis is survived by her son, David H. Davis and his wife, Yvonne, Kansas City, Kan.; her daughters, Darlene A. Conway and her husband, Robert, Indianapolis, and Sally M. Coffman, Minneapolis, Minn.; one sister, C. Ernestine Fauerbach, Rossville; 13 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

Memorial donations may be made to Parkinson’s Disease Association, Topeka/Shawnee County Chapter, P.O. Box 251, Topeka, Kan., 66601.

Penwell-Gabel Mid Town, 1321 S.W. 10th, Topeka, Kan. 66604, (785) 384-8558, is in charge of arrangements.